http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/09/my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother If he doesn't make you laugh, he'll make you think Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/09/my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Our Man in America | Memoirs from Africa's son in U.S.A. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:49:53 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=711#comment-650 [...] did my parents. I don’t even think they spooned. They are African, you know, and, as my brother from a Vietnamese mother would say, “Spooning is for White [...] [...] did my parents. I don’t even think they spooned. They are African, you know, and, as my brother from a Vietnamese mother would say, “Spooning is for White [...]

]]> http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/09/my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Edwin Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:39:23 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=711#comment-629 You nailed it, Ivy. We laugh so we don't cry. One thing I didn't mention is the humor in "I Love Yous are for White People." It takes courage to be able to turn our miseries into laughter. You nailed it, Ivy. We laugh so we don’t cry. One thing I didn’t mention is the humor in “I Love Yous are for White People.” It takes courage to be able to turn our miseries into laughter.

]]> http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/09/my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Ivy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:17:12 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=711#comment-628 Glad I listened to the audio! Funny (in a laugh-so-I-don't-cry kinda way) how far we can be forced to travel from our roots, yet we land so near the tree - when we desperately need a generational change. I see the same thing you point out in these excerpts in my brother. Glad I listened to the audio! Funny (in a laugh-so-I-don’t-cry kinda way) how far we can be forced to travel from our roots, yet we land so near the tree – when we desperately need a generational change. I see the same thing you point out in these excerpts in my brother.

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